RECIPIENTS OF DESERT FISHES COUNCIL BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARDS

YEAR MEETING LOCATION CARL HUBBS AWARD ROBERT RUSH AND FRANCES HUBBS MILLER AWARD POSTER AWARD (NEW IN 2006)
2009 Death Valley, California  Maria Dzul, Iowa State University: Identifying sources of error in adult surveys of Devils Hole pupfish Cyprinodon diabolis Alejandro Varela-Romero, University of Sonora: Complete mitochondrial genome sequentiation of native catfishes genus Ictalurus in Northwest Mexico: Phylogenetics implications.
Secuenciación del genoma mitocondrial de los bagres nativos endémicos del género Ictalurus (Pisces: Ictaluridae) en el Noroeste de México y sus implicaciones filogenéticas.
Tracy Diver, University of New Mexico: Patterns of genetic diversity in Notropis girardi in the Canadian River and Pecos River, New Mexico.
2008 Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, México Stephanie Kraft, Utah State University, Ecology Center: Predator detection and learning ability in an endemic lake sucker Daniel Sepulveda, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología: Morphologic and genetic variation of Astyanax mexicanus in the Atlantic slope of México James C. Cureton II, Sam Houston State University, Department of Biological Sciences: Sex ratio and density alter male mating strategies in the coercive livebearing mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)
2007 Ventura, California Michael T. Bogan, Oregon State University; Homeless bugs: Consequences of hydrologic failure in a desert spring NO ENTRANTS NO ENTRANTS
2006 Death Valley, California  S. Jason Kline, University of Arizona, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Effect of Asian tapeworm on the growth and mortality of Yaqui chub and Yaqui topminnow  Jesùs Marìa Leza-Hernandez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Laboratorio de Ictiología; Preliminary study of the physiochemical quality of water in the Santa Catarina River, Nuevo León, México Cameron S. Kmetzsch, Brigham Young University; Species composition of a desert rock pool metacommunity
2005 Cuatrociénegas, Coahuila, México  Cynthia Tech, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology; Sex ratio bias and loss of male fertility in hybrids of Comanche Springs pupfish and sheepshead minnow  Pablo Gesundheit, Instituto de Ecología UNAM, Laboratotio de Conducta Animal, D.F., México; Historical biogeography of the Goodeidae (Cyprinodontiformes)
2004 Tucson, Arizona  Lindsey T. Lyons, Department of Biology, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon; Temporal and spatial variation in larval pupfish abundance and associated microhabitat variables in Devils Hole, Nevada Norman Mercado-Silva, Graduate Associate, Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Long term trends in the fish assemblage of the Laja River, Guanajuato, Mexico; an example of the decline of fish communities in Central Mexico
2003 Death Valley, California  David L. Rogowski, North Dakota State University; Effects of two exotics on experimental populations of White Sands pupfish  NO ENTRANT  
2002 San Luis Potosí, SLP, México  Evan W. Carson, Arizona State University; Profound physiological differences between Cuatro Ciénegas pupfish species: evidence from a reciprocal transplant experiment and implications for hybridization  Luis Humberto Escalera Vázquez, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolàs de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México; Management in captivity of Characodon audax, report of a new population and implications for conservation
2001 Alpine, Texas  Heidi Kloeppel, Northern Arizona University; Interactions of an endemic snail and fish: Negative effects of molluscivore presence on snail density  NO ENTRANT  
2000 Death Valley, California  Vance T. Vredenburg, University of California, Berkeley; Exotic species and the decline of amphibians: unintended consequences on a global scale.  NO ENTRANT 
1999 Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas  Jennifer Wilcox, University of Colorado; Mean or wild:? An assessment of divergent behaviors in refugia populations of the Devil’s Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis  Xochitl F. de la Rosa Reyna, Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México; Diversidad de habitats de Poecilia formosa en el Río Purificación, Tamaulipas
1998 Page, Arizona  2 awards - (1) Jennifer Wilcox, University of Colorado; Conservation of small populations: Why isn’t Cyprinodon diabolis extinct? and (2) Jonathan Rosenfield, University of New Mexico; Sexual selection plays a role in the introgression between Pecos pupfish and sheepshead minnow  NO ENTRANT 
1997 Death Valley, California  Timothy J. Kim, Arizona State University; Resistance to exotic parasites in Gila topminnow  Angélica Daza, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, D.F.; Variación mofológica en Poecilia mexicana
1996 LaPaz, Baja California  Matthew E. Andersen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Relation of Devils Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, population size variation in habitat water level 1972 to 1996  NO ENTRANT 
1995 Reno, Nevada  Ruby J. Sheffer, Arizona State University; Defining fitness as a criterion for translocation in the endangered Gila topminnow  NO ENTRANT 
1994 Death Valley, California  Robert T. Hines, University of Arkansas; Influence of suspended sediments on larval razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus vulnerability to predation  Edmundo Teniente-Nivón, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, D.F., México; Archeoichthyological studies in México
1993 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon  Jose A. Cabrera Feregrino, Universidad Juarez Autónoma de Tabasco; Contribution to the reproduction and ontogeny of the poecilid Poecilia petenense  Javier Muraira-Alvarado, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, N.L., México; Comparación de cuatro poblaciones de Xiphophorus couchianus mediante la evaluación de parámetros biológicos
1992 Mesa, Arizona  Chris Altenbach, University of New Mexico; Aspects of the reproductive biology of seven species of Pecos River cyprinids, with implications for conservation  NO ENTRANT 
1991 Death Valley, California  Yingchuan Yu, University of Nevada, Reno; Direct and indirect impacts of Tahoe suckers (Catostomus tahoensis) in artificial streams  Gorgino Ruiz-Campos; Limnological characterization of the habitat of San Pedro Mátir rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni)
1990 Ensenada, Baja, California  Maria I. Montes-Perez, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California; Determination of size and age at sexual maturity of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni) of the Sierra San Pedro Matir, Baja California  Manuel M. Villalobos-Ramirez, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California; Relation of biotic and abiotic factors to home range size of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss nelsoni, of Arroyo San Rafael, Sierra San Pedro Mátir, B.C., México
1989 Albuquerque, New Mexico  Brett Riddle, University of New Mexico; Mitochondrial DNA assessment of phylogenetic relationships and population status of Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae Francisco J. Abarca-González, Arizona State University; Potential overlap in food habits between spikedace (Meda fulgida) and red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis)
1988 Death Valley, California  Joe M. Quattro, Rutgers University; Heterozygosity and fitness differences among populations of the endangered Sonoran topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis NO ENTRANT 
1987 Hermosillo, Sonora  Francisco Abarca-Gonzáles, Arizona State University; Seasonal and diel patterns of feeding in loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis Girard)  Carlos Chávez-Toledo, Escuela Superior de Ecología, Hermosillo, Sonora, México; Aspectos distribucionales y ecológicos de los peces del alto Lerma, subcuenca del Río Lerma (México)
1986 St. George, Utah  Diana Papoulias, Arizona State University; Food availability and mortality for larval razorback sucker, Xyrauchen texanus  NO ENTRANT 
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